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1 Corinthians 15:14

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And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:17Rank 1 from verse 14
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    17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

  2. 1 Thessalonians 4:14Rank 2 from verse 14
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    14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

  3. Acts 17:31Rank 3 from verse 14
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    31Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.

  4. James 2:20Rank 4 from verse 14
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    20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

  5. Matthew 15:9Rank 5 from verse 14
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    9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.

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1 Corinthians 15:14

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Christ

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The Anointed One; the same title as Messias.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

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risen

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Having risen; stood up, come forth, ascended, or returned from death.

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vain

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Empty, fruitless, ineffective, unprofitable, worthless, false, unsubstantial, or conceited.

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your

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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.

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faith

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Sense 1: The substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen; trust, confidence, belief, persuasion, or reliance. Sense 2: Faithfulness, fidelity, or trustworthiness. Sense 3: The revealed truth or gospel believed and kept.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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13But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:

14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

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15Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

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